英语听力：自然百科 大堡礁 自然奇迹(29)

The rising water temperature also sets the conditions for the most remarkable¹ events on the reef.

升高的水温也为珊瑚礁最壮观的景色提供了温床。

On only a few summer nights each year, and triggered by particular phase of the moon, the corals spawn².

在每年的几个仲夏月圆之夜，大堡礁中所有的珊瑚虫开始集体排卵排精。

This is the world's largest synchronized³ breeding event.

这种同步繁殖景象是地球上最为宏大的。

On any one of these nights, trillions of eggs and sperms⁴ are released, flooding the entire 2000-kilometer length of the reef.

仅一个这样的晚上，就会有上万亿的卵子和精子排出，漂浮在绵延2000公里的珊瑚礁海岸线上。

By spawning⁵ at this precise moment, the corals have caught ally in the tide, allowing sperms and eggs of the same species to meet and fertilize⁶.

这种精准的同步产卵机制让珊瑚虫抓住了短暂的潮汐间隙，完成同种内的受精。

They form baby corals as the tide currents pick up, they are spread far and wide.

等潮汐来临的时候珊瑚虫已经成形，幼虫随潮汐散布到更广的海域。

The young corals join billions of other baby creatures floating in the plankton⁷.

同珊瑚幼虫一起的还有上亿的其他幼小生命，它们和浮游生物一同漂浮。

1 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

2 spawn   

n.卵，产物，后代，结果；vt.产卵，种菌丝于，产生，造成；vi.产卵，大量生产

参考例句：

• The fish were madly pushing their way upstream to spawn.鱼群为产卵而疯狂地向上游挤进。
• These fish will lay spawn in about one month from now.这些鱼大约一个月内会产卵。

3 synchronized   

同步的

参考例句：

• Do not use the synchronized keyword in Managed Objects. 不要在管理对象上使用synchronized关键字。 来自互联网
• The timing of the gun was precisely synchronized with the turning of the plane's propeller. 风门的调速与飞机螺旋桨的转动精确同步。 来自辞典例句

4 sperms   

精子( sperm的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Sperms fertilize ova in the fallopian tube. 在输卵管内精子使卵受精。
• The gender is determined by the father's sperms not by the mother. 性别是由爸爸的精子决定的而不是妈妈。

5 spawning   

产卵

参考例句：

• Encounter sites have a small chance of spawning a "Commander" NPC. 遭遇战地区有很小的几率遇到NPC指挥官。
• Instantly revives your Champion at your Spawning Pool, 9 minute cooldown. 立即在出生地复活你的英雄，冷却时间9分钟。

6 fertilize   

v.使受精，施肥于，使肥沃

参考例句：

• Fertilizer is a substance put on land to fertilize it.肥料是施在地里使之肥沃的物质。
• Reading will fertilize his vocabulary.阅读会丰富他的词汇。

7 plankton   

n.浮游生物

参考例句：

• Plankton is at the bottom of the marine food chain.浮游生物处于海洋食物链的最底层。
• The plankton in the sea feeds many kinds of animals. 海的浮游生物成为很多种动物的食物。